08:45–09:45    Registration and refreshments

09:45–10:00    Chair's welcome and address
                                 Dr. Marilyn Tew, Development Director, Antidote
                                                           
10:00–10:40    Keynote 1
                        Building bridges: An overview of transfer and transition
                        Professor Maurice Galton, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

10:40–11:20    Keynote 2
                        Developing an effective transition policy to facilitate a successful transfer to                         secondary school
                        David Bocock, Headteacher, Bishophalt School
 
11:20–11:50    Morning refreshments

11:50–12:30    Streamed Session 1 (your choice of one from below)

                           1A Effective use of data during transfer to inform policy and practice
                                     David Camplin, Education Consultant
                                     
                           1B Utilising Learning to Learn strategies to help students cope with                            transitions
                                     Dawn Rogers, Deputy Head, Maricourt High School
                           
                           1C Reducing anxiety and sustaining engagement in learning during                            transitions
                           Dr Marilyn Tew, Development Director, Antidote
                                     
                           1D Implementing vertical tutoring to enhance peer mentoring
                                    Peter Kent, Head teacher, Lawrence Sheriff School

12:40–13:40    Lunch

13:40 -14.20     Keynote 3
                         Improving 'teacher talk' to facilitate smoother transfers and transitions
                         Dr Linda Hargreaves, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

14:20–15:10    Streamed Session 2 (your choice of one from below)
                           
                           2A Identifying and supporting pupils at risk of falling behing: An inclusive                            approach
                                    Nichola Mansfield, Deputy Head and Gaynor Tregidgo, Outreach Manager, Longmore Education                                     Support Centre

                           2B Effective use of SEAL to smooth the process of transitions and raise and
                           sustain pupil achievement
                                   Dave Stott, Education consultant and Editor, Behaviour Matters           

                           2C Successfully building relationships with new parents and alleviating                            common transfer fears
                                   Julia Burns, Head of Learning and Development, School-Home Support Service
                          
                           2D Effective use of curriculum bridging units
                                    Chris Reep, Assistant Headteacher, South Holderness Technology College and Jill Lambert,                                     Deputy Head  Thorngumbald Primary school 

15:10–15:30    Afternoon refreshments

15:30–16:20    Streamed Session 3 (your choice of one from below)

                           3A Using student voice to design developmentally appropriate transition
                           strategies
                                   Jenny Symonds, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

                           3B Preventing boys’ disengagement during transition
                                  Chris Keen, Deputy Head, Firth Park School
  
                               3C  Supporting SEN students through the transition process
                                     Gareth Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support (SENCO), Priestnall School

                           3D Managing transfer with high numbers of feeder schools
 
16:20                 Conference close